Close. Yet there the clown is. Before you get huffy, I took it as well. In fact it may be worse for me. It was pointed out to me that no matter what the DD 214 says an officer is for life.
I love the help the VA gives me. The problem for my wife of 42 years and I is all our income easy to grab. I was so disgusted when I re-enrolled and they told me because of a disability check from workers comp, I had to copay 8 bucks per prescription which doesn't sound too bad. I get 11 prescriptions per month.
If I don't pay the bill the VA sends me, the treasury just grabs it from my social security every few months and that's near a grand every year.
Sorry boys, I just had to vent somewhere after a VA social worker argued with me about why I no longer get my medical care through the VA about two today.
Let me tell you why. I bought private part D insurance for 26 bucks a month that has a zero annual deduct able and a zero copay. Now all of my meds are zero per month. You'd think with how broke the gummit is, they'd have been glad but they weren't and that worked almost cried to get me back into the system.
I see a private MD now and medicare pays 80%. The Family Healthcare Network accepts that amount as payment in full for me.
There are vets that need the help much more than I do anyway and the VA doctors will use the time they'd spend on me to help someone else.
God Bless America! It's still the greatest place on earth.